Module 9: Managing Operations Masters

Overview Introduction to Operations Master Roles Transferring and Seizing Operations Master Roles Planning the Placement of Operations Masters

Lesson: Introduction to Operations Master Roles What Is the Schema Master? What Is the Domain Naming Master? What Is the PDC Emulator? What Is the RID Master? What Is the Infrastructure Master?

What Is the Schema Master? Replication Schema Master

What Is the Domain Naming Master? Controls the addition or removal of domains in the forest New Domain Domain Naming Master

What Is the PDC Emulator? PDC Emulator Client Computer Running Windows NT 4.0 And Earlier Client Computer Running Windows XP Domain Controller Windows NT BDC Points to time server

What Is the RID Master? Allocates blocks of RIDs Prevents object duplication Allocates blocks of RIDs Prevents object duplication RID Master Move RID allocation Object SID = Domain SID + RID Block of RIDs

What Is the Infrastructure Master? Move Global group is nested in domain local group Global group is nested in domain local group Infrastructure Master Infrastructure Master Group Membership List GUID SID New DN

Lesson: Transferring and Seizing Operations Master Roles Transfer of Operations Master Roles When to Seize Operations Master Roles How to Determine the Holder of an Operations Master Role How to Transfer an Operations Master Role How to Seize an Operations Master Role

Transfer of Operations Master Roles Transfer roles only when you make a major change to the domain infrastructure New Operations Master New Operations Master Functioning Operations Master Functioning Operations Master Transfer role to another domain controller

When to Seize Operations Master Roles Seize a role only if you cannot transfer it Data may be lost when you seize a role Seize a role only if you cannot transfer it Data may be lost when you seize a role Functioning Operations Master Functioning Operations Master Non-Functioning Operations Master Non-Functioning Operations Master Seize a role and reassign it to another domain controller

How to Determine the Holder of an Operations Master Role Your instructor will demonstrate how to determine the holder of an operations master role

How to Transfer an Operations Master Role Your instructor will demonstrate how to transfer an operations master role

How to Seize an Operations Master Role Your instructor will demonstrate how to seize an operations master role

Practice: Transferring Operations Master Roles In this practice, you will:  Determine which domain controller holds the infrastructure master role  Transfer the infrastructure master role

Lesson: Planning the Placement of Operations Masters Guidelines for Placing Operations Masters Guidelines for Placing the Schema Master Guidelines for Placing the Domain Naming Master Guidelines for Placing the PDC Emulator Master Guidelines for Placing the RID Master Guidelines for Placing the Infrastructure Master Guidelines for Seizing Operations Masters Roles

Guidelines for Placing Operations Masters Move all roles to a domain controller that is not a global catalog server No Yes Leave all roles on the first domain controller Make all domain controllers global catalog servers Assign a standby operations master Leave all roles on the first domain controller Make all domain controllers global catalog servers Assign a standby operations master Leave all roles on the first domain controller In each child domain, leave the PDC emulator, RID master, and infrastructure master roles on the first server Assign a standby operations master Yes No All domain controllers are global catalog servers? Single domain forest?

Guidelines for Placing the Schema Master The domain controller that you place the schema master on must be highly available but not necessarily high capacity

Guidelines for Placing the Domain Naming Master The domain controller that you place the domain naming master on must be highly available but not necessarily high capacity

Guidelines for Placing the PDC Emulator Master Place the PDC emulator master on a domain controller that has both high capacity and high availability and is centrally located

Guidelines for Placing the RID Master Place the RID master on a domain controller that is highly available but not necessarily high capacity Place the RID master in a site that creates many security principal objects Place the RID master centrally if a single site does not create many security principal objects Place the RID master on a domain controller that is highly available but not necessarily high capacity Place the RID master in a site that creates many security principal objects Place the RID master centrally if a single site does not create many security principal objects

Guidelines for Placing the Infrastructure Master The infrastructure master does not need to be a highly available or high-capacity domain controller, and it should not host the global catalog

Guidelines for Seizing Operations Masters Roles Determine the anticipated duration of the outage Repair a PDC emulator failure quickly Wait rather than fix the temporary loss of the schema master, domain naming master, or RID master Seize the infrastructure master only if you anticipate a long outage and you must repair it

Multimedia Practice: Planning the Placement of Operations Masters In this practice, you will plan the placement of operations masters and backup operations masters

Lab A: Managing Operations Masters Seizing Operations Master Roles Transferring Operations Master Roles

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